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User Profile-Occupation Group “How people find and use information in the course of their daily work has been a topic of great interest to library and information science(LIS) scholars” –(Leckie 1996) “By the late 1970s and early 1980s, LIS researchers…expanded their inquiries to include other types of professionals beyond scientists and scholars”-(Leckie 1996) Photo from Flikr (Creative Commons License)

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Hughes, B., Joshi, I., Lemonde, H., & Wareham, J. (2009). Junior physician’s use of Web 2.0 for information seeking and medical education: A qualitative study. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 78, Purpose: Which sources? Why? Future uses? Qualitative study (survey, diaries, semi-structured interviews) Sample of 35 from a group of 300 junior physicians (2-3 years at work)

User Profile-Occupation Group Findings: Web 2.0 sources are used by junior physicians up to 3 times more than best practice sources (textbooks, PubMed, PDR, etc.) Reasons for using Web 2.0 ◦ Familiarity ◦ Highly Accessible ◦ Fast ◦ More up to date Can quickly cross-check information

User Profile-Occupation Group Findings(cont.): 2 types of need: ◦ Immediate problems (closed questions) ◦ Background information (open questions) 3 factors that could improve effectiveness of Web 2.0 tool in a clinical setting: ◦ Use with patients ◦ Awareness training ◦ More access to tools at work

User Profile-Occupation Group Ramos, K., Linscheid, R., & Schafer, S. (2003). Real-time information- seeking behavior of residency physicians. Family Medicine, 35(4), Purpose: find the extent to which physicians use evidence-based medicine Qualitative study (field observation) 11 faculty and 25 residents from a California family practice

User Profile-Occupation Group Findings: Questions: ◦ Average of 1.3 asked per encounter ◦ Residents more likely to ask questions than faculty Answers: ◦ Residents more likely to immediately seek answers ◦ Residents and faculty to spend more than 2 minutes searching ◦ Physicians more likely to use pocket references or colleagues ◦ Unlikely to use evidence-based sources

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The information needs and information seeking behaviour of family doctors Health Information & Libraries Journal Volume 21, Issue 2, pages 84-93, 10 JUN 2004 DOI: /j x Volume 21, Issue 2, User Profile-Occupation Group

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Information needs and information seeking behavior of Primary Care Physicians Information needs and information seeking behavior of Primary Care Physicians User Profile-Occupation Group

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Knowledge management in clinical practice: a systematic review of information seeking behavior in physicians Knowledge management in clinical practice: a systematic review of information seeking behavior in physicians User Profile-Occupation Group

Knowledge management in clinical practice: a systematic review of information seeking behavior in physicians Knowledge management in clinical practice: a systematic review of information seeking behavior in physicians User Profile-Occupation Group

6 Findings of Physicians Information Seeking Behaviors 1.Prefer Print Resources 2.Prefer Quick and Easy To Access Sources 3.Younger Physicians Turn Toward Electronic Sources, even Web 2.0 resources such as Wikipedia 4.Busy & Unlikely to Spend Significant Amounts of Time Information Seeking 5.Rarely Utilize Medical Libraries-Solution=Outreach to Promote 6.Likely to Consult with Colleagues or Superiors For Information Seeking

User Profile-Occupation Group Collaborative Information Seeking Model- Reddy & Jansen